Random Thoughts on Hurricane Patricia and Alternative Homes.

We are getting hit with the remnants of Patricia here in Nova Scotia as we speak. Its not bad but still packing some impressive gusts. Im staying in today and writing...in my hoodie because its chilly and I hate putting on a fire during any big blow. If the house comes crashing down, Ild like to salvage as much as I can and that's not going to happen if the house turns into a wind fuelled fiery inferno. That's sort of what this post is about. Im humbled that this hurricane that started in the southern pacific still has the power to make me nervous even though it has crossed an entire continent and is still going. I often get philosophical during these big storms. It comes from worrying that the roof is going to stay on, that my solar panels might be ripped out of the ground and go airborne, That my rickety old barn might fall onto the house or crush my animals, that my greenhouse isn't about to turn into a shattered glass mess. Thus this post. Lets all talk about Alternative housing as adaption to the new normal, Climate Chaos with its Super Storms of the week. Heck! Lets throw alternative gardening into that mix since if this blow had happened a few months back, I wouldn't have had much of a harvest. If my surviving the winter depends on how much food I gathered, Superstorms and starvation go hand in hand. But lets not skimp on the storm proof housing. Exposure kills faster than starvation. Permies like their Hobbit Homes and Preppers like their Underground Bunkers...Though few people actually own one. I have a shipping container that is my fall back home. It will survive most storms. Wind, Fire, Snowpocalypse and Deluge. A tornado would still send it to Oz but whatch gonna do.
I have no Green colored glasses on. Climate Chaos is real, cant be stopped at this point and will only get worse and worse. Our Big Oil, Financial and Media Evil Overlords will most likely win the game because they can throw so much money and mercenaries at any pesky opposition from the unwashed masses. And I just don't see those unwashed masses abandoning their happy motoring and Iphones any time soon.

Soooo.....The name of the game is adaption at this point. Keeping three days of food and water in a bug out bag seems to be acceptable now days and a nice placebo.
Talking about Superstorm resilient housing and gardens...Not so much...But hey, someone's got to start the conversation...and begin implementing it. Climate Chaos isn't going away and only ramping up.

So, On this stormy day, I call apon the gods of Permaculture and Prepping for your thoughts and grand plans. These are the parameters to work in. High winds. Flooding. Drought and Forest Fires. Even More Wind and Flooding. All that heated ocean and land water water has to go somewhere. And lets not forget Deep Freezes, Snow dumps and throw in unpredictable frosts. How could I possibly have forgotten Life threatening Heatwaves. Nothing tooooo difficult for our bright minds to take on. 😆
Denial and happy thoughts just aren't enough. Its adapt or die time